Barnes Cinema: Sitting Still
Saturday, September 12, 1 – 4pm
Still from Sitting Still (2024), about landscape architect Laurie Olin.
$15; members and students free
About the Event
Today’s program features Gina Angelone’s 2024 documentary Sitting Still, exploring the life and work of landscape architect Laurie Olin, the influential urban designer whose vision and human-centered approach transformed how we interact with public spaces. Olin is responsible for iconic and beloved parks, gardens, and public spaces, including Hudson Yards and Bryant Park in New York, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and the outdoor campus here at the Barnes.
A brief lecture and conversation with Angelone will follow the film.
Tickets include admission to the Barnes.
About the Film
Sitting Still (2024)
Directed by Gina Angelone
Sitting Still brings into focus the critical issues that have defined landscape architect Laurie Olin’s life and work, including urbanization and our lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave importance of humanity in design.
Duration: 93 min.
Speaker
Gina Angelone
Angelone is a director, producer, and writer whose work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the William Penn Foundation, New York Women in Film & Television, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others. She produced Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio and directed the Disney series Defining Beauty and the documentaries Itʼs Better to Jump (2013), René & I (2005), and Connections: Preserving America’s Landscape Legacy (1997).
Sponsor
Support of Barnes Cinema is generously provided by Philadelphia City Fund’s 2026 Milestone Grant Fund, supported by PECO.
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